Thought of the day by B.F. Skinner: 'A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be...' - today's self-development quotes on not giving up by the father of operant ...

Explore today's thought-provoking quote by B.F. Skinner on the nature of failure and the importance of perseverance in personal development. Learn how adopting a resilient mindset can help in ...
Psychology Today

Where Operant Conditioning Went Wrong

Operant conditioning is B.F. Skinner’s name for instrumental learning: learning by consequences. Not a new idea, of course. Humanity has always known how to teach children and animals by means of ...
EurekAlert!

What happens when the brain is taught both classical and operant conditioning?

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered that the brain cannot learn simultaneously through both classical conditioning and operant conditioning. In fact, the brain actively prevents the ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

The Views of B.F. Skinner and Human Behavior

While I appreciate David P. Barash’s fine essays, I take exception to his latest (“B.F. Skinner, Revisited,” The Chronicle Review, April 1). In it, he manages to misrepresent the views of not one but ...